Elder Interview-Inez Grignon
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Inez GrignonEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.179Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Grignon, Inez Mary (Adams) Born 03/05/1913 Parents: Julia (Skenandore) Adams and James Adams Maternal Grandparents: Joseph Skenandore and Marion Paternal Grandparent: James Adams She doesn’t know her grandparents on her father side. Her parents spoke the Oneida language. Her mother went to school in Oklahoma. She doesn’t know where her father went. Her mother use to do a lot of canning and making bread. Her father did construction work, building houses and pole buildings. Inez went to school at a small public school. She went to Chicago for work. She worked in factories. She married Michael Grignon. They got married in the Minister’s home. Inez use to help her grandma make homemade sausage from pigs when her grandfather butchered them. She had 10 children but doesn’t remember how many grandchildren or great grandchildren she has. Her parents use to do all their shopping in DePere. Her husband was a lumberjack then he went to work in Clintonville building Fire Trucks and trucks for the Army. She use to get the 52 cent percap. When she was 89 years old she had a stroke and no longer can drove.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media